Flotufolastat f18 diag 1 mci at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital

18220 Tomball Parkway, Houston, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1871619254

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$671.22 with Bcbs vs $3,854.63 with Unitedhealthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $671.22
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $681.29
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $684.64
Cigna Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $691.36
Molina Healthcare Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $704.78
Community Health Choice D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $718.20
Procare Advantage Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $738.34
Community Health Choice Silver & Gold Exchange $1,094.09
Optum Health Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,308.88
Molina Healthcare Exchange $1,342.44
Cigna Network C-24 Hmo/Ppo $1,517.84
Cigna Local Plus/Surefit Hmo/Ppo $1,517.84
Cigna Pcp Optional/Pcp Required Benefit Plans Hmo $1,614.73
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $2,318.51
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,854.63

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Flotufolastat f18 diag 1 mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,107.51 – $1,563.05
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,107.51 – $1,563.05
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,107.51 – $1,563.05
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston not published $671.22 – $2,684.88
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston not published $671.22 – $2,684.88
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $7,377.60 $775.81 – $775.81
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $7,377.60 $1,217.52 – $1,217.52
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $7,377.60 $775.81 – $775.81

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